A critical analysis of codon optimization in human therapeutics.

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Published in Trends Mol Med on September 25, 2014

Authors

Vincent P Mauro1, Stephen A Chappell2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address: vmauro@scripps.edu.
2: Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.

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